Chapter 27: Discovering Mother

After the first month of the year, the Sun family returned to Suzhou. Jiangning Weaving Mansion was still busy, because February 12th day was the 100th day of Cao Yin's second son Cao Shun. I dare not be careful, Li was sick at this time.

Cao Yong originally thought about mentioning Cao Yi to his mother in the first month of the year and drove away the few unsightly mothers. However, seeing that Li was lying in bed, it was not easy for her to bother her, so she had to let go of this matter first.

Seeing that Li lost weight day by day, Cao Yong was anxious and uneasy. In the past few years in the Cao family, he was very grateful for Li's love for him. If the old lady's favor for Cao Yong was fire and warm, Li's favor for Cao Yong was the drizzle and breeze, which made people addicted to it. Moreover, Cao Yong could see from Li's eyes that Li regarded himself as his life root. The greatest person in the world is his mother, and the most pitiful person is also his mother.

Cao Yong asked the doctor who treated Li, and said that it was heart fire that was stagnant, blood vessels were not regulated, and diet should be light. Is the heart fire because of the new son of the aunt Liuli? The mansion speculated not only one or two, but even the old lady heard the news, but she didn't believe it in her heart. Li was born, virtuous and kind, and she took good care of Liuli before. The nanny and midwife were all chosen by herself. If she was jealous, she would not show her at this time.

After Cao Yin, he invited Master Song, who had taught Cao Yong for half a month, to be a teacher from Hangzhou, to teach his two brothers, Cao Yong and Cao Song. Because Cao Yong was concerned about his mother's illness, Cao Yong hurried back to his inner house after class every day. Master Song understood his filial piety and did not blame him much. Only Cao Song sighed that he was unlucky and was often kept by Master and was punished to write big characters.

Weaving Mansion, Kaiyang Courtyard.

Cao Yong sat on a small stool in front of the bed, feeding Li himself. Although Li had no appetite, he was unwilling to go against his son's wishes and took a few sips. The white jade Ruyi, which was originally hanging on the head of the bed, disappeared. It seemed that the rumors of the wife and the master quarrel were true.

Just as Cao Yong was thinking, he heard the little maid at the door say, "Madam, Aunt Zhang is here to pay my respects."

Li wiped his mouth with a veil: "Come in!"

This aunt in the chapter refers to Liuli, wearing a royal blue shirt and dress, and walked in with a little maid. Because of the shortage of childbirth, Liuli looked a little plump and more graceful than before. Seeing that Cao Yong was there, Liuli bowed to Li, and then said halfway to Cao Yong: "The uncle is here too!"

Cao Yong stood up and leaned over and returned: "Auntie!"

"The old man is taller again, right, madam?" Liuli chuckled and took out a bowl of soup from the food box held by the maid: "I know that my wife is tired of greasy these days, so I have cooked this ham and winter melon soup without even a little oil. The lady has taken a few sips, even if my filial piety has come!"

Li looked at Liuli's slender jade fingers and said, "Don't do it next time. I accept your affection. I can't bother you to do these!"

"I am from a poor family. I will tell my wife that I have never done anything before I chose the old lady to wash clothes and get water before I was selected. Now I am an old lady. My wife is proud of her. Liuli dare not forget her roots, so it is so precious!" Liuli looked a little uneasy and panic.

"I know, you are not that frivolous. Don't be too careful. I am an old disease. I fell into a child when I was born. I was a little tired in the first month of hospitality, so I was offended." Seeing Liuli's expression, Li felt unbearable and comforted her softly.

Cao Yong was onlooker Qing, and saw that Liuli's expression was too artificial, and he was displeased. If she hadn't deliberately showed this fear in front of others, she would not have made her mother's name jealous. Seeing that her mother was not different from the past, it seemed that the knot in her heart was not Liuli giving birth to a child.

After Liuli left, Cao Yong asked softly: "My mother had an old illness? Is it difficult to give birth?"

When Li heard his son’s question, he remembered the past and said casually: “Although he was full-term when he was born that year, he had difficulty giving birth. He had been born for three days and three nights and fainted several times.” Speaking of this, he looked at his son with infinite kindness: “I see you poorly, I will be born safely, five pounds and five ounces. Although his body is a little weak, his weight is real."

"Five pounds and five liang?" Cao Yong couldn't help but be surprised when he heard this data. You should know that at this time one pound was sixteen liang. In the conversion of five jin and five liang, it is the eight and a half jin of babies in that world. Why is such a fat boy in such a fat boy in such a poor health? Could it be that the mother was unable to give birth and stayed in the mother's womb for too long?

Li nodded, with a little sadness in his smile: "Twelve years have passed in a blink of an eye!"

"The child will remember the kindness of raising a mother forever. He will be filial to his mother. He also asks his mother to be lenient in everything and take good care of her health!" The saddest thing in the world is "the son wants to raise his parents but his parents are not waiting for him." When Cao Yong thought of this sentence, he didn't know whether he missed his parents in his previous life or felt sorry for Li in front of him, his voice was slightly choked.

"Cough, cough!" The cough that was deliberately aggravated was Cao Yin returning to his room.

Cao Yong stood up: "Father is back!"

"Yeah!" Cao Yin said: "Go to the old lady and don't let grandma miss you!"

"Yes!" Cao Yong responded and withdrew from the room, but did not leave immediately. Even if Li was not sad about Liuli's childbirth, he would definitely not be able to escape from Cao Yin. A noble lady who never leaves the door and does not leave the door, besides her husband and children, what else can she care about in her heart?

"Shuqing, get up early to avoid worrying the old lady and the children!" Cao Yin shouted his wife's name and said softly.

"I'm just wronged for Yong'er?" Li said with a sob.

"We were on the Western Expedition of the Holy Emperor, and we were not able to hold a banquet as ministers. It would be a hundred days before the end of the day!" Cao Yin's voice was a little heavy.

"The Holy Lord's expedition in the West did not prohibit the people's joy. He gave birth to Yan'er and rushed to the death of the old concubine in the palace. He didn't pass the 100th day, and the same was true for the 100th day." Li said: "It would be fine if it was just a hundred days. Why did Shun'er sacrifice his ancestors when the full moon was full? He was not the first son. Even if you love the younger ones, this would be too much!"

"This is mine. Shun'er was so happy after she was born, and she didn't have as many worries!" Cao Yin said sadly.

"Is Yong'er worse than his little brother? When Yong'er was born, you were busy with things and were not close to him. Why is Shun'er now born, and the master is just having fun? Where should I place us, my mother?" Li asked repeatedly.

Cao Yin hadn't spoken for a long time, and after a while, he sighed and said, "I will know my destiny next year. My father and grandfather went west before they lived to fifty. Who knows how many years I can live? Others are already full of children and grandchildren. But I have only had a son and a son after about 10 years of age. I have only become a son after more than ten years of reunion. I am so happy that I am a little confused! I will pay attention to it in the future, so Shuqing should not be angry anymore!"

Li heard her husband's sadness, and his original dissatisfaction had already disappeared, and hurriedly said, "The master is kind and will live a hundred years old!"

"Is your heart kind?" Cao Yin said a little bit self-deprecating: "There are many people who have died in their husbands for more than ten years, so how can they all die? If there is a karma, I just hope that they will come to me and bless Yong'er and Shun'er's peace."

When Cao Yong left, his steps were a little heavy. The ancestors of the Cao family died less than fifty years ago. The historical record of Cao Yin's death was six years later, but who can guarantee that history would not deviate? If history did not change, Cao Yin should only have Cao Yong's son, or only this son, lived to adulthood. Otherwise, after Cao Yong died of illness, there would be a stepson Cao Fu to inherit the family business. Cao Fu, the fourth son of Cao Quan of the Western Palace, is four years old this year. If history does not change, then Xiao Shuner will have a fate of premature death; if history changes, it is unknown whether Cao Yin can hold on until six years later.

Xuanrui Hall, west side.

The old lady leaned on the soft tide, holding Cao Shun in her arms, and listened to Cao Shun's breast mother saying: "Brother is well-behaved, he doesn't cry or make a fuss. When he is hungry, he waves his little arms. What a blessing for the old lady. Who can have such a well-behaved child!"

The old lady smiled and said, "Although her face looks more like Liuli, Xijing's nature is exactly the same as his brother. Yong'er was also well-behaved when she was a child!"

Seeing Cao Yong come in, the maids and mothers all bent down to pay their respects. The old lady hugged her grandson for a while and was tired, so she handed Cao Shun to his nanny, and asked Cao Yong to sit down on the edge of the kang: "Your mother has been getting better in the past two days. Have you used the wild ginseng that I asked someone to send to before?"

Cao Yong replied: "It's much better. It seems that you can get up after a few more days of conditioning. Grandma, don't worry. The ginseng is not useful yet. The doctor will let you cleanse the stomach and intestines for two days and then nourish it!"

The old lady nodded and reached out to touch Cao Yong's little face: "My good grandson has worked hard these days, and his face has become thinner. With your filial piety, it is not in vain that your mother loves you all day long!" As she said that, she pointed to Cao Shun who was held in her nanny's arms: "Go and see your brother, it will be a hundred days in two days, and her little appearance is so popular!"

"Yes!" Cao Yong stood up, walked to the nurse, and reached out to take Cao Shun.

The nurse was afraid that Cao Yong would not be able to hold the child, so she looked at the old lady in embarrassment. Seeing that the old lady nodded, she was reluctant to hand Cao Shun over to Cao Yong's hands.

Cao Yong had never eaten pork, but he had seen the pig walk away, and his posture was very good at holding the child. Cao Shun had a pink face and a pair of big eyes. When he saw someone else hugging him, he didn't recognize his life at all. He stretched out his little arm and touched Cao Yong's body.

Cao Yong and Cao Shun looked at each other, but they thought a little differently. Could Cao Yin’s love for his youngest son in the end be sick? It was not because of the deficit of the national treasury, but because of the death of the youngest son? If so, many things that were not understood in the past were cleared. Although the Cao family had many deficits, they were protected by Kangxi, so Cao Yin did not need to die of depression.
Chapter completed!